On Tuesday, 19 May 2015 at 14:29:10 UTC, H. S. Teoh wrote:
On Tue, May 19, 2015 at 01:43:13PM +0000, Chris via
Digitalmars-d wrote:
I noticed some mistakes in
http://dlang.org/regular-expression.html
I haven't checked the whole page for mistakes, but I suggest
we change the
following paragraph:
[Current]
Here is where regular expressions come in handy, often
succinctly called as
regexes. Regexes are simple yet powerful language for defining
patterns of
strings, put together with a substitution mechanism, they form
a Swiss Army
knife of text processing. They are considered so useful that a
number of
languages provides built-in support for regular expressions.
This does not
nessary mean that built-in implies faster processing or more
features. It's
more a matter of providing convenient and friendly syntax for
typical
operations and usage patterns.
[Suggestion]
Here is where regular expressions – often just called
<i>regexes</i> – come
in handy. Regular expressions are a simple yet comprehensive
language for
defining string patterns. Combined with a mechanism for string
substitution,
regular expressions are a powerful tool for text processing.
In fact, they
are considered so useful that a number of languages provide
built-in support
for them. However, built-in support does <b>not</b>
necessarily imply
<b>faster</b> processing or more features, it is rather a way
of providing a
<b>convenient and user-friendly syntax</b> for typical
operations and usage
patterns.
[something along these lines]
Let's see the PR! ;-)
T
Done.
https://github.com/D-Programming-Language/dlang.org/pull/997
